preheat
verb (used with object)
to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process.
preheating
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present participleof preheat.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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He purported to speak with Ghislaine Maxwell, Luigi Mangione and Sean “Diddy” Combs before revealing that the key to making prison rice pudding is preheating the toilet to 350 degrees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2025
After a couple of days of gradual preheating, the piece inside the 6-by-6-foot box atop a brick foundation is fired to 2,340 degrees in a 14-hour cycle.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
ARE YOU ONE of those impatient souls who already skips preheating the oven?
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
However, this conventional wisdom is predicated on the assumption that chemical reactions in the preheating zone are negligible.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
Volunteers were bustling with last-minute preparations, checking to be sure that each station had the same ingredients in the same amounts, wiping down the counters, preheating the ovens.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
